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Discriminant analysis was used to identify the characteristics that distinguish between fully-certified organic …, partially-certified organic and non-organic farmers in Umbumbulu district, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa (SA) during October …’ Organisation (EFO), and by random sampling 49 non-organic farmers in wards neighbouring EFO. Results from the two estimated …
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Technology Adoption ( IPTA) with the aim of production, value addition and marketing of QPM based products. These groups require … nutritional quality of food crops, through biofortification, would be a useful complementary strategy to other agricultural and … information on the potential markets for the new QPM based products. The study was therefore conceived with the aim of collecting …
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inequalities in access to land and the governance of the groups, and their gender-differentiated impacts on farmers' productivity …
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The marketing and the valorisation of teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) leaves were studied in southern Benin, in order to … marketing system. Traders provided information on their functions in the marketing system, the costs borne, and their revenues …. In the consumers’ survey, respondents provided data on the consumption forms of teak leaves. The marketing channel …
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Interlocked relationships are characterised by traders’ supply of inputs and cash to producers on credit, to be reimbursed at sale time based on a pre-defined price which is often lower than the prevailing market price. The study analyses determinants of choice of interlocking in the gum...
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The use of modern marketing strategies to minimize risk exposure is not a widely adopted practice under maize producers … strategy at all and to convince producers to reconsider the adoption of modern marketing strategies. …
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We investigate measurement of market integration of staple food markets in developing countries. The analysis takes the Parity Bound Model as starting point and modifies this model by parameterizing and estimating transaction costs. The specification of transaction costs takes account of...
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The literature on commercial transformation of smallholders makes little distinction between market orientation (production decision based on market signals) and market participation (sale of output). However, policy implications to enhance commercial transformation of subsistence agriculture...
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, particularly affecting farmers with small herds. An increasing demand for livestock products in rural and urban areas offers small … poverty, we develop an innovative approach that would first evaluate local constraints in production and marketing, and then …
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trade with the EU. It is this process of trade liberalization in food and agricultural products in parallel with external …Due to the size of the European Union’s agricultural production and its market, the impact of the EU’s Common … Agricultural Policy (CAP) reaches far beyond Europe and has major implications for trade in agricultural goods all over the world …
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